RURES' OF ORDNANCE, WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Bureau of Ordnance is organized, staffed and extensively equipped
with integral facilities to carry out its responsibility for research in, and
the design, development, procurement, manufacture, distribution, maintenance,
repair, alteration, and material effectiveness of Naval ordnance, and all per-
tinent functions relating thereto.
Budrdhas technical control, in addition
to that implicit in the above responsibilities, for the operating standards and
procedures for all offensive and defensive ordnance.
Te assist it in carrying
out its functions, BuOrd has management control of over 70 commands and orgeni@ zations cf the Naval Shere Establishment and empleys over 1000 contracters.
BuOrd is considered unique in being on organizition which encempasses suffié
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cient facilities and talents within its own ranks, exclusive of contractual
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relations, to conduct studies and accomplish research, development, incidental
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fabrication and limited preduction of nearly every phase of any weapen or
weapon system.
In addition, BuOrd pessesses valuable contractual contacts with
universities and industry.
Budrd is especially apt at extending research and
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Some of the major research and development activities of the Bu0rd
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DESIGN AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, NuiValTORPEDOSTATION, Newport,R,I.
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NaVAL UNTI, WHITE SaNDS PROVINGGROUND, Las Cruces,N.M,
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Supports the Navy recket missile program and eecperates and cocrdinates with the Army te insure effective and ecencomical use cf the White
Sands Proving Greund.
ALLEGHENYBALLISTICSLABORATORY,Cumberland,Maryland
Research and development of cast double base powder and guided missile
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NAVALORDNANCETEST STATION,INVOKTRN,ChinaLake,Calif.
The mission of NOTS is the research, development ani testing of
weapons.
The technical work of the station is accomplished threugh six
technical departments, namely Aviation Ordnance, Design end Preduction,
Research, Rockets and Fxplosives, Test, and Underwater Orunance.
station has an air facility.
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